Unit/Command: Company G, 2d Battalion, 328th Infantry 82d Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: October 8, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: near Chatel-Chehery, France
Citation
After his platoon had suffered heavy casualties and three other noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Cpl. York assumed command. Fearlessly leading seven men, he charged with great daring a machine-gun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In his heroic feat the machine-gun nest was taken, together with four officers and 128 men and several guns.
Medal of Honor Recipient Alvin C. York
Additional Details
Accredited to: Pall Mall, Fentress County, Tennessee
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: France, presented by Maj. Gen. Duncan, commanding general 82nd Division
Born: December 13, 1887, Fentress County, TN, United States
Died: September 2, 1964, Nashville, TN, United States
Buried: Wolf River Cemetery (MH), Pall Mall, TN, United States
Location of Medal:
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN